Statistics
In 2016, female full-time, year-round workers made only ___ cents for every dollar earned by men
80
If the wage gap ceased to exist, nearly ___ of women would earn more
60%
There are more women than men in the STEM field
False
Black women make ___ and Latina women earn ___ cents for every dollar a man makes.
$0.63, $0.54
Poverty rate for all working women would be cut in half from ___% to ___%
8% -> 3.8%
There is a shortage of men in the nursing and teaching fields
true
Women's current average salary
$38,972 cents
U.S. economy would have received an extra ___ billion if women received equal pay 2.8% of 2016 GDP.
$512.6
If the maternity leave is more than a year, the wage gap starts to widen because it reduces the overall participation of women in the workforce
true